Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Friedrich Orth

(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a frontal depiction of a battleship cutting through waves, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 43.30 mm (w) x 56.58 mm (h), weighing 28.7 grams, with moderate loss of finish evident, in very fine condition.